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2nd Lt. Harry Eyre
British Army 2nd Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:Sheffield
(d.17th Sep 1918)
Second Lieutenant Harry Eyre served with the 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters during WW1. He was killed on the 17th September 1918 at or near Monchy Lagache and his name appears on panel 7 of the Vis-en-Artois Memorial in France. His body was never found.
He was the son of Sarah Anne and Samuel.
Harry was a miner from Sheffield prior to enlisting with the East Yorkshire Regiment. He was then sent back to England for officer training, before being commissioned with the 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters as a 2nd Lieutenant.